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Spanish Flu
Someone caught the Spanish flu, got extremely sick, they spread it to others by modern transportation, outbreaks and by not believing in how serious this was. They took the precautions of quarantining, social distancing, and they shut down even essential services. They wore masks and eventually people around took the Influenza Vaccine. People either died to the Spanish Flu, or became immune to it. -
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Prohibition
Prohibition was the ban of alcohol in Canada. They believed that the grains used to make alcohol should be used to feed soldiers instead of being used to make alcohol. They also didn´t see why the wives, siblings and children at home should be enjoying life while soldiers were fighting. -
Bloody Saturday
This was the day that the Winnipeg General Strike happened. There was violence that had never been seen before in Canada. Workers in Winnipeg thought they deserved to be paid more, and stood up for that. There were raids, protests and they did anything just so that they could make a good living off of the wages they were being paid. More then 30,000 people left their jobs and some places even had to shut down. Arrests were made and deaths occured. -
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Economic Upswing
Within these years, the 20´s were called the ¨Roaring Twenties" and part of the reason was for their large economic upswing. Woman got jobs while their husbands were away at war, and started bringing in steady income. When their husbands came back from war, everyone was on the hunt for jobs, and more and more money was being brought in to help the families. -
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Flapper
Flappers were woman that were commonly known as free, and changed. Flappers liked to dance freely, smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, drove cars, worked, and this was a peek for woman. They could do exactly what men could and they may have been judged but it was normal by that time. They did things that people would have never dreamed woman could ever do. They led us into the equal society we have now. -
Insulin
There was a 14 year old boy , Leonard Thompson, dying from type 1 diabetes in January of 1922, and he was the first person to receive a shot of insulin. Because of the insulin shot, it showed signs within him of better health. He took the shot for 13 more years before he died from pneumonia. He passed away in April of 1935. -
Womans Full Right to Vote
It began in 1917 when woman who´s husbands were in the war and immediate family could vote. Woman like Nellie McClung, a suffragist, spoke, wrote and made people aware of what was happening and how it wasn´t right that woman couldn´t vote. She has a passion for equality and faith and her actions helped Canada to be where we are today. In the end of 1922, woman, of any race had full right to vote in all provinces except Quebec. -
Residential Schools
Residential schools were schools that kids were taken away from their homes to go to, they were stripped of their culture, taught to be catholic or christian, they were not allowed to embrace their culture or who they were. They were taught to dress and act a certain way. The parents of these children had no say and had no idea when or if they were coming home. People were more likely to survive world war one then the residential schools. People who did get out turned to drugs to numb the pain. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Immigration Act was an act passed by Canadian government that banned Chinese people to immigrate to Canada. Chinese people alone were the only people that Canada didn´t let in. However, if you were a student, or a worker, but if you were gone for over two years, reentry might not be an option for you. This act was put into place by President William Mackenzie King because of the high amount of Chinese people who came to Canada even after having to pay a head tax. -
Popularity of Radios
In the 1920´s using a Radio became extremely popular. By 1934, 60% of people used a radio, and had one in their house hold. They listened to music, and made themselves aware of what was happening around the world. It became one of the top forms of entertainment. The radio was an easy way to communicate, and at a low price. This opened the door for the love of dancing and jazz. -
Talkies
Talkies were a film with speech and sound effects. The first one was created in 1927 called the Jazz Singer starring, Al Jolson May McAvoy, Warner Oland and others. Talkies influenced the entertainment industry because without talkies we would have the kind of animated movies that we do today. It paved the way for the way our movies look now, and the sound effects our movies have now. -
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The Great Depression
The great depression was an economic downturn and eventually crash that happened in Canada. This began from Canada´s large dependence on other countries, overproduction of goods, high tarriffs in trading, too much buying on credit, AND too much credit buying on stocks. Millions of Canadians were left unemployed, with no homes, no money and no food. Because of all the reasons listed above, there was a stock market crash and people lost lots of money in all sorts of ways. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was the day of the stock market crash. Black Tuesday marked the start of the Great Depression. This is when the poverty of the great depression started. In just four years after Black Tuesday, fifteen million people lost their jobs. The provinces like Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and PEI got hit the hardest. 2 of 3 people in those territories were in relief camps to help. Black Tuesday was a day of extreme downturn, both economically and socially. Our country was left in debt. -
Bennett Buggy
This was what they used to get around, it was basically a car with no engine, or windows that was pulled by a horse for transportation. This was a cheaper form of transportation because it didn´t require maintenance or gas. In better context, they were basically broken down cars being pulled by horses. -
Relief Camps
During the great depression the government made unemployed relief camps for people who didn´t have jobs. They consisted of single men who did very physical jobs. They were allowed to leave at anytime, they got meals, and made 20 cents a day. This was a way for homeless men to make money. By the time the camps closed two years later, over 170,000 people had participated in them.
